On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 at 14:58, Thomas Desi <t...@mttw.at> wrote: > > Hi John, > thanks for your experience account and software list. > I am intrigued - as »collecting« word processors/text editors in the "quest > for the best« - I managed to find > the following. > (https://winworldpc.com/download/c3806cc3-a010-c2a4-0911-c3a6e280947e) > > What version woud you advice or are you using? There is a significant > difference in size between v.1.00 and 1.01 as you can see…
I suggest 1.01 -- some of the differences are mentioned here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(word_processor) Sprint had several interesting attributes: • a configurable user interface: it could pretend to be MS Word (pre-CUA version), WordStar, WordPerfect, DisplayWrite etc. • continuous background saves -- their demo at shows was to turn the PC off as someone was typing, then reboot it and show that the word the demonstrator was typing had been saved But it was a bit too late. The DOS market was changing: disk caching was becoming common, which broke the continuous-save functionality. UIs were standardising on CUA menus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access ... And WordPerfect soon owned the DOS wordprocessor market. -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
